Your awareness of uncommon diseases and possible complications is vital to successful anesthetic patient management. Anesthesia and Uncommon Diseases, 6th Edition, brings you up to date with new information on less commonly seen diseases and conditions, including the latest evidence and management guidelines. This unique medical reference book is essential for a complete understanding of today’s best options and potential difficulties in anesthesia. Improve your ability to successfully manage every patient, including those with rare diseases or conditions. Avoid complications with unique coverage of an important aspect of anesthetic management. Stay current with all-new chapters on adult congenital heart disease, rheumatic diseases, and the cancer patient, plus many more revisions throughout. Get outstanding visual guidance with hundreds of illustrations, now in full color.

A unique text focusing on unusual conditions and their relation to anesthesiology. The 4th Edition has been updated and completely reorganized. New features of this edition include a user-friendly presentation, with chapters arranged according to anatomic site, patient type, and systemic disorder. The book also contains over 200 entirely new illustrations. Organizes material into 3 distinct sections-- by organ system, by type of patient, and by mulit-system disease/problems. Includes an outline at the beginning of each chapter. Presents the pathopyciology of the disease first, followed by the anesthetic management. Two new chapters--Uncommon Problems Related to Cancer and Uncommon Poisonings and Intoxications. Up-to-date and rewritten coverage throught, as well as many new contributors. New illustrations for critical considerations.

This portable handbook provides comprehensive, clinically relevant information on nearly 100 uncommon diseases. It places all the information you need for expert care in a concise, easy-to-use format, right at your fingertips. This new title contains knowledge of these disorders that is crucial to ensuring safe and effective patient care and anesthesia administration. Consistent, easy-to-use format includes definition, incidence, etiology, signs and symptoms, medical management, complications, and anesthesia implications for each disease to help you find what you need quickly. With its small size, this book is perfect for reference in the operating room and PACU environment. Summary tables and boxes throughout the book quickly outline important information to help you easily find information. Written by an experienced clinical expert, this reference includes the most current and accurate information available.

A valuable resource for anesthesia providers at all levels of training and practice, Stoelting's Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease, 8th Edition, provides concise, thorough coverage of pathophysiology of the most common diseases and their medical management relevant to anesthesia. Noted authority Dr. Roberta L. Hines and new editor Dr. Stephanie Jones lead a stellar team of contributing authors who provide clear, detailed guidance on successfully managing or avoiding complications stemming from pre-existing conditions. Presents detailed discussions of common diseases, as well as highlights of more rare diseases and their unique features that could be of importance in the perioperative period. Includes the latest practice guidelines, easy-to-follow treatment algorithms, bulleted key points, and more. Contains two new chapters on Nutritional Diseases: Obesity and Malnutrition and Chronic Pain, and significantly revised content on valvular heart disease, heart failure and cardiomyopathies, pericardial disease and cardiac trauma, endocrine disease, diseases of aging, pregnancy-associated diseases, and more. Features abundant figures, tables, diagrams, and photos that provide fast access to the most pertinent aspects of every condition and clarify critical points regarding management. Examines specific anesthesia considerations for special patient populations, including pediatric, obstetric, and elderly patients. Ideal for anesthesiologists in practice and for anesthesia residents in training and preparing for boards.

A fully updated third edition for medical providers focused on the anesthetic management of pregnant women with rare medical conditions.